Secular Immortal of the Nine Realms Chapter 51: Hooked

Upon leaving the Valiant Defenders’ barracks, the Fifth King first checked the surroundings before asking, “What happened here?”

“Yuan Zhuang investigated a case that implicated many influential people. The inner city’s Enforcement Envoy Liu should be one of them,” Fang Chen replied.

“Is it a huge case?” The Fifth King was slightly disconcerted. “Don’t cause any more trouble. My old bones can’t take it.”

“Don’t worry, it’s a matter beyond your reach. You just have to occasionally cooperate with me. You need not worry about the rest,” Fang Chen replied with a smile.

The Fifth King eyed Fang Chen. “You should already know that the emperor sees you as an eyesore. Think twice before you do anything.”

With that, the Fifth King took his leave.

Fang Chen headed to the Shadow Courtyard with Xu Ge.

It didn’t take long for Tie Ma and the others to appear. All of the Shadow Guards, except for those who couldn’t come out in the day, were gathered here. All in all, there were thirty people.

“This is the Bone Tempering Pill. I’ll be giving one to each of you.”

Fang Chen gave each of the Shadow Guards a Bone Tempering Pill. The Shadow Guards stared at their Bone Tempering Pill in curiosity.

“Young master, what does this Bone Tempering Pill do?” Xu Ge asked.

“I’m not sure either, but it should be beneficial to your martial cultivation,” Fang Chen replied.

Beneficial to our martial cultivation? The Shadow Guards were revved up.

Even the stoic Tie Ma carefully examined the Bone Tempering Pill, as he thought about the trip they made to Dragonback Lane not too long ago.

This Bone Tempering Pill is likely something our young master acquired from Dragonback Lane. It’d be anything but ordinary.

“Xu Ge, I’ll leave it to you to pass the Bone Tempering Pills to those who aren’t here,” Fang Chen instructed.

Xu Ge nodded.

Without any hesitation, Xu Ge popped his Bone Tempering Pill into his mouth and swallowed it. The crowd was taken aback. They hadn’t expected Xu Ge to swallow it on the spot.

“Why are you so surprised? If I

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